The rod flatout failed, looking at the breaks it is obvious it was cracked for a while and eventually spread open and failed. The skirt did not cause this a weak rod caused this.
It was not denotation either the piston is in perfect condition except for where the rod was ripped out of it and can be seen still intact in my photos in the the cylinder. Worst part is now I have a turbo full of metal that I have to rebuild again.
So.....let me get this straight. The rod failed because it's "obvious" that it was cracked for a while and eventually failed and snapped. Although, you state that the rod was intact enough to be "ripped out of it". Which one is it?
Oh, yeah I know.....those slant 6 parts are just so astronomically priced.
What you did was concoct a shade-tree turbo system and bolt it on a used engine and that sucker probably spooled and boosted up so exponentially quick and high, it overevved and fragged. Your friggin' setup is hillbilly, dude......did you even have any wastegate or boost retard?!?! Either man up and admit that you took an extreme gamble by trying this (nuthin' wrong with that) or leave Mopars. The piston failed from being subjected to forces way beyond what it was designed to be. Absolutely nothing to do with the superior design of the slant 6.
